In my review of “Buried” I mused on a broader, metaphorical take on the central dilemma: “Whether we like it or not, each one of us is Paul Conroy, slowly waking up to our own inevitable demise and like him, desperately calling on the phone for somebody — anybody — who can help us”. Shawn replied: “Once again […]
Sigmund Freud
You believe in god because you had a bad father (or a good father, or no father)
Projection theories of religion have been around since at least the time of Ludwig Feuerbach (c. 1840s). Unfortunately, they differ from fine wines in that they do not improve with age. Here is how Feuerbach himself stated his thesis: “This doctrine of mine is briefly as follows. Theology is anthropology: in other words, the object […]
